The Defenders of Shannara · Book 1
The High Druid's Blade
- Published
- 15 July 2014
- Pages
- 386
- ISBN-13
- 9780345540713
- Type
- novel
About this book
The High Druid's Blade (July 2014, 386 pages) opens Defenders of Shannara with Paxon Leah, a young man drawn into the Druid order and forced to master the magic of his family's ancestral blade to protect his sister from a dangerous sorcerer. Set a century after the Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy, it's the first of three loosely connected novels bridging into the concluding Fall of Shannara series.
Its place in The Defenders of Shannara
The High Druid's Blade is book 1 in the The Defenders of Shannara series. It is followed by The Darkling Child. See the full The Defenders of Shannara reading order.
Terry Brooks's Defenders of Shannara are three loosely connected, largely standalone novels set a century after the Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy, written and marketed as the bridge into the concluding Fall of Shannara series. The High Druid's Blade follows Paxon Leah, a young man drawn into the Druid order and forced to master the magic of his family's ancestral blade to protect his sister from a dangerous sorcerer. The Darkling Child and The Sorcerer's Daughter continue the pattern of self-contained…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345540713